I was browsing through core when I noticed something I didn't
understand in 'into' (from core.clj):

;redef into with batch support
(defn into
  "Returns a new coll consisting of to-coll with all of the items of
  from-coll conjoined."
  [to from]
  (if (instance? clojure.lang.IEditableCollection to)
    (#(loop [ret (transient to) items (seq from)]
        (if items
          (recur (conj! ret (first items)) (next items))
          (persistent! ret))))
    (#(loop [ret to items (seq from)]
        (if items
          (recur (conj ret (first items)) (next items))
          ret)))))

I am wondering about the construct #(loop ...). As far as I can see
you might as well just use (loop). I.e.,

(defn into2
  "Returns a new coll consisting of to-coll with all of the items of
  from-coll conjoined."
  [to from]
  (if (instance? clojure.lang.IEditableCollection to)
    (loop [ret (transient to) items (seq from)]
        (if items
          (recur (conj! ret (first items)) (next items))
          (persistent! ret)))
    (loop [ret to items (seq from)]
        (if items
          (recur (conj ret (first items)) (next items))
          ret))))

I suspect that I am missing some point. Could someone clarify?

/Karl
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